'''Synergetics''' is an interdisciplinary science explaining the formation and [[self-organization]] of [[pattern formation|patterns]] and structures in [[open system (systems theory)|open systems]] far from [[thermodynamic equilibrium]]. It is founded by [[Hermann Haken]], inspired by the [[laser]] theory. Haken's interpretation of the laser principles as self-organization of [[Non-equilibrium thermodynamics|non-equilibrium system]]s paved the way at the end of the 1960s to the development of synergetics. One of his successful popular books is ''Erfolgsgeheimnisse der Natur'', translated into English as ''The Science of Structure: Synergetics''. | '''Synergetics''' is an interdisciplinary science explaining the formation and [[self-organization]] of [[pattern formation|patterns]] and structures in [[open system (systems theory)|open systems]] far from [[thermodynamic equilibrium]]. It is founded by [[Hermann Haken]], inspired by the [[laser]] theory. Haken's interpretation of the laser principles as self-organization of [[Non-equilibrium thermodynamics|non-equilibrium system]]s paved the way at the end of the 1960s to the development of synergetics. One of his successful popular books is ''Erfolgsgeheimnisse der Natur'', translated into English as ''The Science of Structure: Synergetics''. |